Tag Archives: Arrival

INDIANAPOLIS — “My mindset is to come out and hoop and just be myself.” That was Portland Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson, hours before the NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge. He came out, hooped and scored 10 points in a 40-35 loss to open the evening’s four-team mini tournament. It was a microcosm of what has been a quiet rookie campaign for Henderson, again overshadowed by peers. In a sea of Tyrese Haliburton shirts on the streets of snowy Indianapolis were a few jerseys bearing Victor… Source link

It’s been a little under a year since Google and Samsung announced a joint wearables effort aimed at taking on Apple’s utter dominance of the category. It’s been clear from the beginning that such an effort wouldn’t happen overnight. Back in August, we got the first glimpse at “the new Wear OS Powered by Samsung,” as part of the Galaxy Watch 4 launch. The company’s wearable line didn’t get a lot of love at today’s Unpacked event — the company had more than enough to… Source link

GameStop’s (GME) reported plan to launch an NFT marketplace is “dead on arrival”, says one analyst.  “NFT’s are a real thing…the problem is GameStop,” Wedbush’s Michael Pachter told Yahoo Finance Live.  A Wall Street Journal report says the company hired more than 20 people to run the unit which will launch an NFT marketplace, a plan which the video game retailer has hinted at in the past. The report also states GameStop is working on creating partnerships with two crypto companies. “NFT’s… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) recently announced it’s moving into the gaming sector with the hire of a 30-year gaming industry veteran, former EA (EA) and Oculus executive Mike Verdu. However, some experts believe that the move into the cutthroat gaming industry won’t pan out for the content platform. “This thing is dead on arrival. It will not work,” Michael Pachter, senior analyst at Wedbush, told Yahoo Finance Live. “Have me back and we’ll talk about Mike Verdu’s departure and the exit of Netflix… Source link

Bloomberg China to Take Oil-Refining Crown Held by U.S. Since 19th Century (Bloomberg) — Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell Plc pulled the plug on its Convent refinery in Louisiana. Unlike many oil refineries shut in recent years, Convent was far from obsolete: it’s fairly big by U.S. standards and sophisticated enough to turn a wide range of crude oils into high-value fuels. Yet Shell, the world’s third-biggest oil major, wanted to radically reduce refining capacity and couldn’t… Source link